CNG 85, Lot: 1602. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Medal (54mm, 70.00 g, 12h). Recovery of Public Health. Dated 1789. GEORGIVS III MAGN · BR · FR · ET HIB · REX, laureate head right / LÆTITIA C VM PIETATE, view of St. Paul’s Cathedral; DEO. OPT. MAX. REX PIENTISS PRO SALVTE REST. V. S. L. M. AP. 23. 1789 in exergue. Edge: (star) STRVCK BY ORDER OF THE PATRONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING WHO ASSEMBLED WITH 5000 CHILDREN ON THE HAPPY EVENT. BHM 312; Eimer 825 note. Good VF, cleaned.

From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.